Balkan Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi

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Aim: This study was conducted to examine the career decision-making competence of Associate Degree Health Services students and their attitudes towards the nursing profession.
Material and Method: The research was conducted between 5 December 2022 and 15 January 2023 with 148 Associate Degree Health Services students who agreed to participate in the study at a state university. Personal information form, attitude scale towards the nursing profession, and career decision-making competency scale were used to collect data.
Results: 84.4% of the students participating in the study were between the ages of 18-22, 79.1% were women, 53.4% were second year students, 43.2% lived in the district, 52% .2% of them studied in the home care department, 68.9% of them entered the department with pleasure, 81.8% were satisfied with the department they studied, 48.6% evaluated their academic success as good in the department they studied, 85.1% It was determined that 86.6% of them had a clear career goal or plan that they thought to do in the future, 86.6% had a positive view of nursing, and 85.1% thought of choosing the nursing profession. When the relationship between students' career decision making competence and attitudes towards the nursing profession was examined, a positive relationship was found between the variables since the R value was greater than 0 and the p value was less than 0.
Conclusion: Although socio-demographic characteristics are important for students to choose a nursing profession, a significant relationship was found between gender and nursing profession attitude. There is a positive relationship between students' career decision making competence and attitudes towards the nursing profession.